The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto

My daughter is below grade level in reading, she's 6 and in 1st grade. The Step Into Reading level books take the guesswork out of buying books for her. As she's really taken off reading and grown a interest in it in the last few months with the last adjustment to her medication, we're in a position where we need to upgrade most of her books as she's quickly mastering the library we've had since she was much younger. We discovered the Step Into Reading books a few weeks ago. The 2nd step is right at her level and she can read them almost completely independently, only needing the occasional assistance with words she's unfamiliar with. Our local store didn't have much in the way of step 3 books however. I was excited to find so very many more options online for her. We're looking forward to expanding both her collection of step 2 books and gathering a collection of step 3 books for her to grow into in the next few months. Now, for this book specifically- I grew up in Anchorage, Alaska so the story of Balto is close to my heart. I was taught it young and every year I'd go to the ceremonial start of the Iditarod. Now I have a daughter of my own but we've moved out of Alaska. This is one of the very few memories of my childhood I cherish and I'd honestly not realized how much it bothered me to not have the ability to pass that experience on to my daughter. Then I saw this book. Level 3, just a bit too advanced for her on her own but maybe in a few months she'll be there. And until then, we can read it together. The art is beautiful and I was excited to see some of the people illustrated with features commonly seen in Native Alaskans. It tells the story of Balto historically, with dates but doesn't make the story dry. I love that they name the illness that struck None, it named the city of Anchorage and gave trail distances, had a map showing the trail and names of the rest points. I would have liked if the ending showed instead of the Central Park statue of Balto it showed the one in Anchorage, Alaska but that's always been a annoyance for me regardless of the retelling of the story. Every summer people visit Anchorage and are surprised to see a Balto Statue.

Good book for the age group. Good, true story. My daughter really enjoyed it. Especially after watching an episode of "Molly of Denali" that was all about Balto.

Bought this for a first grader who had seen the Balto statue in Central Park, and wanted to read about him. She was very hapoy, and enjoyed the story.

My 4, 6 and 8 year olds all love this book! The storyline is easy to follow and it is educational as well. Not all of these books from the "I can read" line are very quality books however this one truly is.

The True Story of Balto is about a courageous, intelligent, and heroic dog who transports medication to children in desperate need. He faces some of the worst winter conditions imaginable on his journey. I purchased the Kindle version of this book for a project my second grader has to complete. I love that the book is written in a manner that is easy-to-understand. The illustrations make it more engaging for young readers, while the chapter set up prepares them for the transition to full-blown chapter books. My son and I both loved this book. We're a dog-loving bunch here, so this book really captivated us and touched our hearts. We've spent quite a bit of time researching Balto since we finished the story, and my son has shown a keen interest in this wonderful canine hero. Tonight, we intend to watch the Balto animated children's movie together. Highly recommended for young readers.

It was a good story about a brave and strong dog. We liked the illustrations too. We recommend this book.

Excellent

This is one of our granddaughter’s favorite books!

Tout à fait abordable comme niveau d'anglais pour etre lu avec ma.fille de 6eme. Je veux absolument lui introduire l'anglais comme une évidence non négociable et un impératif a la vie de notre époque ! Je n'attends pour cela pas après le système éducatif français qui hélas ne peut se vanter d'avoir formé les meilleurs bilingues! Cette collection est super car reprend des histoires légendes faits historiques ou oeuvres littéraires célèbres et en fait des synthèses très bien réalisées. On obtient donc une motivation certaine à comprendre absolument ce qui est écrit ! L'histoire de Balto est ici une superbe motivation en effet car l'histoire est vraie meme si romancée. On ne s'ennuie pas un instant et on oublie même la barrière de la langue. Comme je suis quasi bilingue c'est très facile pour moi de communiquer l'amour de l'anglais mais elle se rend bien compte que la traduction est un jeu très agréable !!

映画のバルトを英語でみせていたので、史実がわかって良かったようです。ただ、簡略化しすぎてもうすぐに読み終えてしまいました。もう少し詳しくても良かったです。

Wundervolle Darstellung der wahren Geschichte von Balto, dem Schlittenhund der viele Kinder retten konnte. Die Illustrationen sind gut, man lernt etwas über die Zeit und Welt von Balto, sehr gelungenes Buch, dass von den Kindern geliebt wird. Wunderbar wenn echte Geschichten so funktionieren.

Una storia sempre bella, un romanzo tratto da un fatto realmente accaduto, in una versione per bambini in lingua inglese, un po corto, semplice, discrete illustrazioni, per imparare la lingua ottimo per un bambino di 6/7 anni

Pristine copy. Excellent